An Ohio man who testified that he was “following presidential orders” from Donald Trump when he stormed the U.S. Capitol was convicted Thursday of obstructing Congress.
An Ohio man who claimed he was only "following presidential orders" from Donald Trump when hewas quickly convicted Thursday of obstructing Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
"I think our democracy is in trouble," said District Judge Reggie Walton, adding that "charlatans" like Trump don’t care about democracy, only about power.FILE - Rioters storm the United States Capitol building on Jan. 6. "You don't have to choose because this is not President Trump's trial. This is the trial for Dustin Thompson because of what he did at the Capitol on the afternoon on Jan. 6," Dreher said.Defense attorney Samuel Shamansky said Thompson hasn't avoided taking responsibility for his conduct that day.But he said Thompson, unemployed and consumed by a steady diet of conspiracy theories, was vulnerable to Trump's lies about a stolen election.
Dreher told jurors that neither Trump nor Giuliani had the authority to "make legal" what Thompson did at the Capitol.
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